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County Dublin, Leinster
Balbriggan hosiery town harbour
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
1906 historic-map era
Fingal town famous for its cotton hosiery mills from the 1780s, with a harbour and 1769 lighthouse serving the mills and a fishing fleet; harbour margins carry mill-town refuse.
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